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| USS Adams – Boston Navy Yard 1876 |
USS Adams was a screw gunboat and the lead ship of the Adams class.
Adams was built as a single screw, wooden-hull, bark-rigged steamer. The ship was laid down in February 1874 at Boston, Massachusetts, by Donald McKay; and was launched on 24 October 1874. The new ship was commissioned on 21 July 1876 at the Boston Navy Yard, Comdr. John W. Philip in command.
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